Law Enforcement System: Peace is when People Protest and are Heard

In this episode, we explore with an expert of violence intervention and police-community relationships how our law enforcement systems need to name they were founded in enslavement and historical trauma, and we need to install sensors that help us identify systemic racism and injustice, so we can transform our systems towards peace. 

Our guest, Fatimah Loren Muhammad is the Executive Director of the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI), a medical association of hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs), representing over 50 cities in the US and around the world. HVIPs serve victims of violence through wraparound trauma-informed care, breaking cycles of retaliatory violence and preventing violent reinjury.  Fatimah’s vision for social change has been shaped by a rich heritage of resilience in the wake of harm: from her father‘s incarceration to her family’s experiences with homelessness. She is fighting for a system that centers racial equity, preventative public health strategies, and trauma-informed care delivery. 

Prior to joining the HAVI, Fatimah was Deputy Director of Equal Justice USA, a national criminal justice reform organization in which she led an award-winning program in Newark, NJ on community trauma and police-community relations. Fatimah has received numerous honors and distinctions including 2018 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leaders Fellowship. She is a psychotherapist by training and a proud Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Her work has been featured in Health Affairs, WHYY (NPR), PBS, The Trace, The Grio, and Salud America.

Resources mentioned on the show:
Civil Rights Toolkit
Health Alliance for Violence Intervention

Originally aired on June 5, 2020.

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